Snook Charters In St Pete
Snook charters in St Pete are for sport fishers who enjoy the thrill of landing a challenge. Snook is Florida’s favorite inshore target, and one of our most often requested trips. This is a game fish ruled by its need to eat, and snagged by playing to that weakness. We know where they are when they’re hungry, and take you there. Alert anglers who won’t give up land this prize.
Find out about Snook charters in St Pete, in a no obligation, no pressure chat
Call 727-447-8386 or 727- 510-5226
You can catch and eat, or catch and release snook in Florida
Catch and eat months
There are five months of the year when you can bring ashore what you catch on snook charters in St Pete.
- Spring snook season is March 1st to April 30th
- Fall season starts September 1st and ends November 30th
Snook is one of the most flavorful of the inshore catches, which is another reason it’s such a popular target in Florida.
Catch and release months
- From May 1st through August 31st you must throw back what you catch.
- Snook are spawning during the summer, so this is why their schools are large during these months. It’s an outstanding time for catch and release snook charters in St Pete.
A fish ruled by its stomach
The phrase “food frenzy” must have first been used to describe hungry snook. When we throw out live bait for chumming, the water erupts around the boat. The best time to go after them is when snook are hungry, because this is a fish that likes to eat when the eating is easy.
Snook are big eaters at night, so we offer nighttime snook charters in St Pete. This is the time to reel in a trophy-sized fish topping 20 pounds. We also pay attention to the tides, because they can bring a supply of food that attracts snook.
The daily bag limit is one per person, per day with a slot limit of 28 to 33 inches.
Snook charters in St Pete take you to snook hot spots others don’t know
- Snook have been described as “pile huggers”, fond of shallow waters surrounding the support pilings of bridges and docks. This is part of what makes catching them so challenging. A snook on the hook goes berserk! It will try anything – including using the piling – to get off of your line.
- Your guide, Captain Sean Tanner, has been fishing these inshore waters for 27 years. He knows what only the locals can know: the behavior of the snook, their favorite feeding grounds, and how to land an angry fish. He is fully Coast Guard licensed, and insured.
- You’ll be aboard his Hewes Bayfisher 18, which has been called “the boat that invented” the sport of shallow water fishing. It is the best all around, light tackle shallow-water boat available, specifically designed for fishing inland and getting up close to the piers and pilings snook love. These boats are light, strong, fast and safe and have smart fishing features designed in.
Snook charters in St Pete provide tackle, fishing licenses, Coast Guard recommended safety equipment, and the ice to bring back your catch.
Once you’ve gone in search of snook, you will want to go again. We have guests on snook charters in St Pete who come back every season, some to leave with delicious fillets, and others to leave with the memory of catching and releasing one of Florida’s most sought after fish.
Find out how easy it is to plan snook charters in St Pete
Call 727-447-8386 or 727- 510-5226 to discuss your adventure